by Chinese culture is filled with symbolism and Chinese New Year is one the biggest examples of this. Everything from the color you wear to how to give lucky envelopes to the food you eat is done to bring good luck in the coming year. Eating noodles is a Chinese New Year tradition because the long […]
Multicultural Menu for a Week: Multicultural Meal Plan Monday
by How would you like a Multicultural Menu for a whole week? It is a fun way to celebrate culture and diversity with your children this summer! I am very fond of our Multicultural Meal Monday series. We had so many interesting ideas and we traveled from country to country and got to know the cuisines from […]
Cooking With A New Baby: Creative World of Varya {Multicultural Meal Plan Mondays}
by Getting ready to embrace a new baby always brings up lots of excitement and concerns alike. When I was pregnant with baby #2, my main concern was how we were going to manage meals – as I know I have a picky eater and my husband works full time plus spends most of his evenings […]
Multicultural Meal Plan: French School Dinners {La Famille Brown}
by Our guest writer, Becky of La Famille Brown, describes a multicultural meal plan at her son’s school in France. Last September Reuben, our 4 year old, started school full time in France. Previously we had been living in London, UK, and although we had prepared him as much as we could it was still […]
Multicultural Meal Plan: Greek Easter Menu {Marie's Pastiche}
by In 2012, our family virtually explored Greece for a year, learning about the culture in many ways, and especially through festivals and celebrations. Pascha, or Easter, is the most widely observed and most important religious holiday in Greece. With this Easter menu, we enjoyed the tastes and culture of Greece. The Easter season in […]